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DA-Donna's Stripe Side Border/Background
by
©Designs by
Donna Ann
May 19, 2006
*Do NOT copy and/or past this
version of this tutorial on to any website or send through any MSN or Yahoo groups.
A link to
this site is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
http://www.davose.com
Needed for this tutorial:
PSP - Any version
Tube of your choice
The background image below:
You can find it
HERE
**Note: Your stripes will appear different with
each size you make them. the size I used for this tutorial is the
size of the background you will copy and paste to your computer.
1
Open PSP
Open your
tube-Windows/duplicate - close the original
Open the stripe background
2
Colorize your striped
background image to a color that compliments your tube.
Adjust/Hue and
Saturation/Colorize
3
Resize your tube so that it
is not wider than 350 pixels wide
4
Layers/Add new raster layer
In your Materials box, select
your striped background that you colorized.
5
Flood Fill
with your striped background.
Layers/Move to bottom
6
Activate your tube layer.
Add a drop shadow if desired
- Effects/3D Effects/Drop shadow.
Layers/Merge/Merge all
visible.
7
Image/Canvas Size 1280
x the height of your tube.
8
Layer/New raster layer.
Flood fill with a color that
is complimentary to your side border.
Layers/Move to bottom.
Layers/Merge/Merge all
flatten.
9
Add your watermark and save
for assembly in Letter Creator.
Download the IMF file here:
©2006 Tutorials by Donna Annhttp://www.davose.com
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